IT Project Manager

Paycom Payroll - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time - Mid Level

Oklahoma City, OK

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The IT Project Manager at Paycom is responsible for managing medium to large-sized projects, ensuring their successful completion from inception to delivery. This role involves creating project structures and timelines, implementing existing project processes and workflows, and ensuring that all projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget. The Project Manager will oversee project outcomes, communication, implementation, costs, and acceptance, making them a key player in the project management lifecycle. In this position, the Project Manager will plan project resources and conduct feasibility studies to provide a return on investment (ROI) for projects, determining their benefits. They will track project performance, specifically analyzing the successful completion of both short- and long-term goals. The Project Manager will meet budgetary objectives and adjust project constraints based on financial analysis, developing project plans to be shared with stakeholders and the project team. The role requires assembling project teams and allocating resources as necessary, coordinating internal resources and vendors for successful project execution. The Project Manager will accomplish work requirements by orienting, assigning, scheduling, and coordinating projects, while managing communication regarding projects, tasks, and changes to applicable business groups. They will also ensure that work standards are met by following production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards, resolving operational problems, and identifying work process improvements. Additionally, the Project Manager will update their job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications. They will enhance the reputation of the department and organization by accepting ownership for a wide variety of project assignments, coordinating project activities, and ensuring all project phases are documented appropriately. The role may require weekend and after-hours work as necessary, and regular attendance is required.

Responsibilities

• Plans project resources and conducts feasibility studies to provide ROI for projects.
• Tracks project performance to analyze the successful completion of short- and long-term goals.
• Meets budgetary objectives and adjusts project constraints based on financial analysis.
• Develops project plans to be shared with stakeholders and project team.
• Assembles project team and allocates team resources as necessary.
• Coordinates internal resources and vendors for successful execution of projects.
• Accomplishes work requirements by orienting, assigning, scheduling, and coordinating projects.
• Manages the communication of projects, tasks, and changes to applicable business groups.
• Meets work standards by following production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving operational problems; identifying work process improvements.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.
• Enhances the reputation of department and organization by accepting ownership for accomplishing a wide variety of project assignments.
• Coordinates project activities and ensures all project phases are documented appropriately.
• Provides clear documentation of all key decisions and project management deliverables during and after project.
• Coordinates with other departments as needed to plan short and long-term projects.
• Attends meetings and serves on committees, as requested.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Science, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of project management experience.
• 2+ years of relevant IT experience.
• Knowledge of principles and best practices from PMI-PMBOK.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interpret and apply laws, regulations, and policies.
• Ability to work for extended time at keyboard/terminal.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with supervisor and coworkers.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings.
• Subject matter expertise on project management and coordination.

Nice-to-haves

• CAPM certification
• PMP certification
• Agile-related certification
• Change management certification
• Knowledge of Agile project methods.
• Familiarity with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Experience in software testing / regression testing.
• Knowledge of change management.